On Fertile Ground
Subtitle: A Natural History of Human Reproduction
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: March 30, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780674004634
Subjects: Biological anthropology; Popular science; Natural selection; Life Sciences - Evolution - Human; Science; Medical; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology; Science / Biology; Human evolution; Human reproduction
Description: "Reproduction is among the most basic of human biological functions, both for our distant ancestors and for ourselves, whether we live on the plains of Africa or in North American suburbs. Our reproductive biology unites us as a species, but it has also been an important engine of our evolution. In the way our bodies function today, we can see both the imprint of our formative past and implications for our future. It is the infinitely subtle and endlessly dramatic story of human reproduction and its evolutionary context that Peter T. Ellison tells in On Fertile Ground."--Jacket.